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Selected Verse: Lamentations 2:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 2:7 |
Strong Concordance |
The Lord [0136] hath cast off [02186] his altar [04196], he hath abhorred [05010] his sanctuary [04720], he hath given up [05462] into the hand [03027] of the enemy [0341] the walls [02346] of her palaces [0759]; they have made [05414] a noise [06963] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], as in the day [03117] of a solemn feast [04150]. |
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King James |
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| they . . . made a noise in . . . house of . . . Lord, as in . . . feast--The foe's shout of triumph in the captured temple bore a resemblance (but oh, how sad a contrast as to the occasion of it!) to the joyous thanksgivings we used to offer in the same place at our "solemn feasts" (compare Lam 2:22). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| sanctuary - The holy of holies; "the walls of her palaces" are those of the sacred buildings. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They - The enemies with their triumphs and blasphemies, made as great a noise, as those that sang holy songs, or played on instruments, were wont to make to the glory of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They have made a noise in the house of the Lord - Instead of the silver trumpets of the sanctuary, nothing but the sounds of warlike instruments are to be heard. |
22 Thou hast called [07121] as in a solemn [04150] day [03117] my terrors [04032] round about [05439], so that in the day [03117] of the LORD'S [03068] anger [0639] none escaped [06412] nor remained [08300]: those that I have swaddled [02946] and brought up [07235] hath mine enemy [0341] consumed [03615].